Basic Urban Survival Folder

I've linseed oiled a few micarta handles and that seems to work out very well. just one thick coat, left on for a couple hours and then rubbed down with a cloth. Then left for a few days to finish drying. I need to find some side-by-side photos.
 
I would be more than willing to darken it with use!! I am a bit of a red freak, and this looks like an incredible knife for outdoors work- I am surely in on this if you will make one available to me! (I am comfortable enough to carry a "pinkish" knife if need me as well, just means I'll have to carry it until I get the shade I want!)
 
I've got eight people on my list right at the moment. I bought up a total of 24 Cobbler blades and have used the one seen in the first post leaving the 23 remaining ones I'll have ready to use. I expect you are correct in that it will be a great outdoor folder. My thoughts are that once you use it and compare it to anything else you have available that you'll soon find what I did in how much of a joy these little blades are to put to work. They simply make short work of most anything you pit them against.

Anyway, I should be ok for now with 15 blades left unspoken for. I can certainly put you on the list and if you follow my thread you'll have updates as they come in on them. I expect that with Christof contributing his artisinal skills to the folder that between us we'll be able to come through with a good user in a true scandi grind for all tastes. If you want thicker that will be available. If you want a convexed I'm sure he'll be happy to do that as well.

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Steve, heres a little CAD fu. The lock bar slot will be in line like it should. The pic just didn't come out that way. This is not the cutting file, but just a raster of CAD for you to see. You may not get this knife back:rolleyes:
 

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Steve, heres a little CAD fu. The lock bar slot will be in line like it should. The pic just didn't come out that way. This is not the cutting file, but just a raster of CAD for you to see. You may not get this knife back:rolleyes:
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Lookin' great Dave. I was wondering if I'd hear from you today. I guess that means you like it? :D Actually I was just telling someone earlier how funny it was that I missed the darn thing so bad considering how little time I had it to play with!

Did you get my PM? I was wanting to discuss the back two holes,(and another project coming). Just spot the back screws with something tiny if you can. 1/16 or #48 drill size. That would give me the option of threading one side to pull the body together in the back instead of using barrel construction throughout and literally cut my barrel count in half. I should have thought of that earlier actually but I guess I'm slow.

Not too worried about the pivot or stop but if its easier all one size so long as they are in the right spots small for all will work fine too.

STR
 
STR said:
I like the 1/8" in a folder I really do. It reduces my sanding to use that tremendously which actually reduces the cost by reducing the labor. I bead blast instead of hand sand too which does the same thing. I know some guys like that round handle look but I never have much. I don't mind shoe shining some with the slack belt a little bit to give that effect but using the thickness I prefer to keep from dusting up my shop really restricts how much of that I can get away with and I'm really not capable of doing a whole lot of that kind of sanding with my asthma the way it is even though I wear a respirator. The problem isn't the dust while working its the lingering for days on end afterwards. I may try doing some 3/16" and thicker in spring and summer when enclosure is not such a big issue though but for now I just ask everyone to keep in mind that my shop is without any real ventilation. I'm tapped out for big expenses with the new roof, KMG grinder, and other things I had to do this year to make the shop what it is so far. Ventilation is on the want list but thats as far as it goes at this point. Thanks

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Steve,

I'll be happy to make up any thickness you like. I'll send you some samples with that PT clip in a week or two. I've got a bunch of .150" thick denim just now. Not sure what else I have on hand thinner than that. I'll look.
 
fod said:
Steve,

I'll be happy to make up any thickness you like. I'll send you some samples with that PT clip in a week or two. I've got a bunch of .150" thick denim just now. Not sure what else I have on hand thinner than that. I'll look.
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.150 is fine. I use that a lot and have sheets of G10 and Micarta in that thickness. I vaguely remember speaking with someone about a PT so be sure to fill out my work order form with that one. I don't really recall at the moment what I'm doing with the clip. Brain fart I guess. :D

I look forward to seeing what you have. Does it smell strongly of acrylic when sanded? Just curious. Thanks

STR
 
Little bulky in the pocket I'd think personally but I'm sure in the hand it would feel great. Something like that would need a sheath instead of a pocket clip.

I've got several knives here now from makers, one I really like by Gene Baskett which I got in a trade, and I then had my friend Gene do a new Wharncliffe blade for it so I had two blade style options. I'd carry it a lot more if it weren't such a big foot print in the pocket. The bolsters and the carbon fiber are chunky on it so it kind of always lets you know its there. As a result a Spyderco Mini Manix is less noticed in the pocket than this folder which is half the size.

But I'll bet the hand would love it Christof. It would be akin to a good fixed in feel and you could even shoe shine round it off to a nice oval shape pretty good at that thickness. I'm not sure I want to do that but I'm not opposed to setting up yours that way and letting you finish it putting your own anatomy into the scales as you like. Your call there my friend.

STR
 
STR said:
.150 is fine. I use that a lot and have sheets of G10 and Micarta in that thickness. I vaguely remember speaking with someone about a PT so be sure to fill out my work order form with that one. I don't really recall at the moment what I'm doing with the clip. Brain fart I guess. :D

I look forward to seeing what you have. Does it smell strongly of acrylic when sanded? Just curious. Thanks

STR
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I will fill it out and send you a self addressed label too. In spite of what my wife says, I can follow directions.:)

Are you OK with working with carbon fiber? I think I have a bit of that in .150 too.
 
I have some CF here and do work it yes. Again though I try to focus on these thicknesses. I have some thats .200 in textured actually and hardly find use for it. I like the .150 or less and find it fits most of the needs I run into. .150 and less just seems to go on a lot of the production pieces I'm asked to work on since usually thats around the same or close enough to what I'm replacing allowing a smooth enough swap without having to worry about factory hardware length problems matching up to it so thats another reason I keep mostly that thickness in stock besides the dust factor.


STR
 
Right on, gotcha.

BTW, I'm not sure about the smell. I am inclined to say no. I use a low odor epoxy and that seems to make my stuff less odoriferous when ground.
 
Fod, I like every one of the Bark River handles in your gallery. Nice!

Some manufacturers use sub .125. I know some of the older green Emersons are .110 thickness scales, the black slightly thicker usually as I recall, Spydercos usually are between that and .120" so you know sub .150 is fine.

Looking at the scales in your web page I wonder how to get that finish on them once I sand them. So you may have to give me some tips there when I cross that bridge. Also, how does it bead blast? Any ideas? I'm a big fan of the blaster. :D

STR
 
Not sure Steve. I have not sand blasted any yet. Lets find out.

Some stuff, especially the burlap, are real easy to work polishing compounds into them.
Most, if not all the the handles in the gallery are just as sanded. The Bark River stuff are all sanded finishes.
After pressing a particular material a time or two I'll be able to pretty much mail the thickness fairly consistently. I cannot duplicate the textured G10, but some materials, I can do some texture.
Thanks for the compliment on the website.
 
fod said:
Not sure Steve. I have not sand blasted any yet. Lets find out.

Some stuff, especially the burlap, are real easy to work polishing compounds into them.
Most, if not all the the handles in the gallery are just as sanded. The Bark River stuff are all sanded finishes.
After pressing a particular material a time or two I'll be able to pretty much mail the thickness fairly consistently. I cannot duplicate the textured G10, but some materials, I can do some texture.
Thanks for the compliment on the website.
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Bead blasting seems to add some grippiness to them, especially the canvas for some reason. Emerson really blasts the crap out of his where it punches holes and pits in it which does even more. Still looks good too. If I crank the compressor up to 120 psi I can probably duplicate that appearance on regular green canvas. Not sure on yours but its probably worth a try. The draw back may be that it could take away something of the looks and I'd rather find a happy place in the middle that allows good looks and some good grip.

Those Barkies look real good though. I just bought a mikra Tusk tonight with that first one's look to the handle. Had no idea when I did that it was your doing though behind that laminate. :thumbup:

STR
 
As far as denim is concerned, the worst that I expect would be to have it look like faded jeans. I would think other materials would act similar to the industrial stuff, but I cannot say with any certainty. Like I say, lets find out.

Was it the burlap on the tusk? I like the burlap alot. Let me know what you think of it.
 
I really couldn't tell you. I liked them all but if you are asking which I bought it was a black Mikra Tusk.

STR
 
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